Stuart Watkins It was late afternoon, and there was a pink glow on the Catalina Mountains when I decided to take my dogs out for a short walk in the desert behind our home. We were gone for almost an hour when two small rabbits darted across our path. Strider, the black lab, wanted to…
Category: April 2025
April 2025, Generals
Celebrating 10 Years of the Oracle Schools Foundation
Ann Vernon Ten years ago, the Oracle Schools Foundation became a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission was to provide educational opportunities to students at the Mountain Vista School in Oracle, with free preschool to three- and four-year-olds being our priority. And provide we have! Thanks to so many SaddleBrooke and Ranch residents, as well as…
April 2025, Sports
MountainView Collegiate Women’s Golf Tournament 2025
Denise Cashmore The MountainView Collegiate Women’s Golf Tournament took place on March 2-4 at The Preserve Golf Club with 14 competing schools. Competitors (there were five or six from each school) played a practice round on Saturday, March 1, and then played the tournament on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The top four scores for each…
April 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: You Can Learn a Lot by Watching Professional Matches from the Past
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool For the last few years most professional matches are played fast because of the use of the shot clock. At this increased speed it does not allow the watcher to really think out what they would do before the player shoots the next shot. Recently I have found that I learn…
April 2025, Sports
Phil Gray Wins the Presidents Cup
Jim Grosjean Phil Gray has blown away the competition in the 2025 Presidents Cup. He traversed The Preserve and MountainView courses over two days with a net score of -7, leaving the field in the dust. I’m wondering if Gray, a respected rules official throughout the southwest, hasn’t found some obscure rules to help lift…
April 2025, Sports
2025 Men’s Niners Beat the Pro Tournament
Steve Kotke The SaddleBrooke Men’s Niners (SBMN) held their annual Beat the Pro Tournament on March 26. The weather was pleasantly warm this beautiful spring morning, and we had the opportunity to play with Jane Chanik, head golf professional, and Mike Roddy, Director of Golf & Grounds. It was a very fun event, with everyone…
April 2025, Sports
2025 ‘Niners Unite’ Mixed Scramble Tournament
Steve Kotke Once again, the SaddleBrooke One “Niners Unite” Tournament was a spectacular event as the women’s and men’s nine-hole leagues played our biannual tournament! On March 5 both leagues combined to create 16 four-person teams, with two women and two men on each team, to play a mixed scramble tournament on the SaddleBrooke course.…
April 2025, Sports
2025 SaddleBrooke One and Oro Valley Sun City Men’s Niners Tournament
Steve Kotke The weather was perfect and the courses were glorious for our annual Niners Tournament with our friends over in Oro Valley Sun City. The tournament was a mixed scramble of players from both communities on each team. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, we played the SaddleBrooke nine-hole course here in SaddleBrooke. On Thursday, Feb.…
April 2025, Sports
Congratulations Janet Knowles!
Skip Knowles Multiple lessons from Jane Chanik, along with a very large dose of good luck, helped Janet Knowles reach her goal of getting a hole-in-one! She made the ace on Oct. 5, 2024, on Catalina number 8. Special thanks to witnesses Susan and Tom Cluley.
April 2025, Sports
SaddleBrooke Lady Niners Golf Association: Club Champion and Other Worthy News
Kathy DeMerritt Congratulations to our 2025 Club Champion Marilyn Fisher. Marilyn played a steady game for the three matches, winning her the coveted title of Club Champion. Way to go, Marilyn! The Club Championship is a multi-day competition. There is one winner (over the field of competitors). This low gross winner is the Club Champion.…